HIV Preventive Behaviors and Associated Factors among Gold Mining Workers in Dima District, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

The frequency of correctly answered regarding knowledge about HIV prevention and the perception of HIV among mining workers in Dima district Gambella region southwest Ethiopia November 2019.

	Variable	Frequency (%)
HIV prevention measures	Abstinence	428 (94.1)
	Being faithful	346 (76.0)
	Consistent condom use	252 (55.4)
	Not sharing sharp materials	203 (44.6)
	Getting health information	143 (31.4)
	Treating STI	67 (14.7)
	Male circumcision	62 (13.6)
	PMTCT	121 (26.6)
	ART for exposed individuals	60 (13.2)
	ART for HIV patients	59 (13.0)
Perception of HIV	Withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation prevents HIV transmission	124 (27.3)
	A woman can get HIV if she has anal sex with a man	195 (42.9)
	Washing genitals after prevents HIV transmission	107 (23.5)
	There is a vaccine that for HIV	82 (18.2)
	People are likely to get HIV by kissing	273 (60.2)
	HIV can be transmitted through sharing meals	97 (21.3)
	HIV can be transmitted through the mosquito bite	107 (23.5)